tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182743756361189626.post2947005458208244600..comments2020-05-30T16:47:09.908-04:00Comments on Real Life LEED: Obama Passes LEED AP Exam!Joel McKellarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06556519233893181810noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182743756361189626.post-45252341481414882452009-05-06T14:12:00.000-04:002009-05-06T14:12:00.000-04:00Having just made it through the LEED hazing ritual...Having just made it through the LEED hazing ritual myself, I really needed a stiff joke. And the postings from the (April) fools who bought it was icing on the cake. Thanks one and all.<br /><br />If I can't dance, I don't want to be in your revolution.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182743756361189626.post-701501007058890332009-04-14T22:21:00.000-04:002009-04-14T22:21:00.000-04:00His daughters helped him register for the exam...h...His daughters helped him register for the exam...hahaha. Very typical for common-sense-lacking, trivial credential-based "intellectuals" to not get a joke. It wouldn't have taken a redneck brick layer too long to figure this one out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182743756361189626.post-85249810845239779132009-04-14T16:18:00.000-04:002009-04-14T16:18:00.000-04:00hahahaha. "brought it up at an interview at UCLA"...hahahaha. "brought it up at an interview at UCLA". i would love to hear how you tried to tie obama passing the leed exam into justifying your admission into a school. tell me that's an april fools joke too, please....SILKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10183352895088211468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182743756361189626.post-15513425224653685622009-04-09T16:25:00.000-04:002009-04-09T16:25:00.000-04:00Amen to that, Bill Swanson!Amen to that, Bill Swanson!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182743756361189626.post-64884745126953104612009-04-09T15:38:00.000-04:002009-04-09T15:38:00.000-04:00Yes We Can... have a little humor!Yes We Can... have a little humor!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182743756361189626.post-85169821980401519652009-04-09T14:20:00.000-04:002009-04-09T14:20:00.000-04:00Some people just can't take a joke. Relax a littl...Some people just can't take a joke. Relax a little people. Everything in life can't be spoon fed to you. If you can't take an April fool's joke then how can you really question or challenge sales literature for "green" products.<BR/><BR/>I like this blog. If Joel wants to make a joke once a year then it's his blog. I was taken by a story on NPR last year. Even told others what I hear. Sure I looked silly when I realized what had happen. But I still like the information they generally provide so I keep listening. Just a bit more aware of the date when I listen. Live, laugh, and move on.Bill Swansonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182743756361189626.post-21098787591079918142009-04-08T16:38:00.000-04:002009-04-08T16:38:00.000-04:00Thanks. I trusted this information and put it int...Thanks. I trusted this information and put it into a presentation I was giving to a group of architects. I'd imagine they'll take every claim I make about LEED with a grain of salt from here on out. Made me look like a gullible moron, which most were already convinced of because I believe all of the "environmentalist claptrap."<BR/><BR/>Maybe you don't know how hard some of us are working to make LEED credible to the masses, but this has set me back significantly with the efforts I have been trying to make in my office. It might have been OK if you'd admitted in the last lines that the whole thing was a joke, but, honestly, you've hurt the cause here. It will probably survive, but you've made it harder on the people who are on the side you supposedly support.<BR/><BR/>A joke needs a punchline. In this case I guess it was those of us who visit this site. I'm deleting this bookmark.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182743756361189626.post-54175330556550037402009-04-08T13:44:00.000-04:002009-04-08T13:44:00.000-04:00Joel, Please realize that your blog does have far ...Joel, <BR/><BR/>Please realize that your blog does have far reaching implications and that many people are following it as a trusted news source. You ought to be more cognizant about your role in the world of LEED. There is a lack of quality information and while you're blog is often flippant, it is the best I have found. <BR/><BR/>Your "joke" has affected me personally....I (as well as hundreds of other professionals) received an e-mail from the AIA-Los Angeles Committee of the Environment (COTE) with a link to your "Obama Passes LEED AP Exam!" article. I took it as fact. I then brought this information up at my interview for UCLA's Anderson School of Management last weekend. My interviewer was very surprised and excited to find out that Obama had earned his LEED AP credential. <BR/><BR/>Because I trusted the veracity of your site, your joke made me look like an ass. I also believe this negatively impacts the entire green building movement, when this gets linked all over the Internet, people get excited, tell everyone they know and then have to go back and retract their statements. <BR/><BR/>You have a great blog, but <B>PLEASE</B>, no more jokes.Dru Shuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17556440364200698857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182743756361189626.post-50435851215211932842009-04-08T12:40:00.000-04:002009-04-08T12:40:00.000-04:00You forgot about the "leaping tall buildings in a ...You forgot about the "leaping tall buildings in a single bound, and other superhuman attributes:<BR/><BR/>http://www.oobgolf.com/content/fore+play/1-211-Kim_Jongil_Best_Golfer_in_the_World.htmlJoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01468112380845144830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182743756361189626.post-566564679373733512009-04-07T18:06:00.000-04:002009-04-07T18:06:00.000-04:00"co-conspirator of lameness" - well played!"co-conspirator of lameness" - well played!joelmckellarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15550241954337769327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182743756361189626.post-70983059922336887552009-04-07T16:52:00.000-04:002009-04-07T16:52:00.000-04:00a bunch of people in our office are studying for t...a bunch of people in our office are studying for the exam and thought this was really cool and inspiring until we just found out it was a joke. what a major bummer and what a majorly lame joke. and you are a co-conspirator of lameness. way to go.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182743756361189626.post-84515527255664419252009-04-07T10:18:00.000-04:002009-04-07T10:18:00.000-04:00i was bummed to hear this was a joke - i sent it t...i was bummed to hear this was a joke - i sent it to a bunch of people and had to retract my message. would be nice though, right ... if he did actually take and pass the exam?! oh well...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182743756361189626.post-5956631738615099422009-04-06T20:08:00.000-04:002009-04-06T20:08:00.000-04:00FYI - Rick Fedrizzi and USGBC national office had ...FYI - Rick Fedrizzi and USGBC national office had nothing to do with this. I am the source of the April Fool's joke - Dan Geiger of Northern California Chapter of USGBC; we are a regional chapter, not the national organization.<BR/><BR/>This was done without USGBC's knowledge, and was unauthorized by USGBC. The quotes entirely made up.<BR/><BR/>Dan Geigeranonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12701366774590315334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182743756361189626.post-77772536076565254512009-04-04T14:05:00.000-04:002009-04-04T14:05:00.000-04:00I am rather unimpressed by this Fedrizzi fellow. I...I am rather unimpressed by this Fedrizzi fellow. I remember his presentation at last year's Green Build in Boston where he mentioned how the current economic crisis took place as result of us "raping the earth".<BR/><BR/>This is exactly the sort of extremist rhetoric that make us environmentalists look like wackos.<BR/><BR/>If the green movement is going to become sustainable (pun intended), it must move beyond such childish slogans and find ways to work with the free market system. And that is exactly what energy efficiency and water efficiency are about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182743756361189626.post-12518338924013441522009-04-03T08:57:00.000-04:002009-04-03T08:57:00.000-04:00This is an even funnier joke when you realize that...This is an even funnier joke when you realize that Fedrizzi himself is not listed as an AP in his organization's directory.LEEDingusastrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00790398396193159413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182743756361189626.post-58687082713161741962009-04-02T18:56:00.000-04:002009-04-02T18:56:00.000-04:00I guess this means that President Obama will soon ...I guess this means that President Obama will soon become a (LEED) legacy like the rest of us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182743756361189626.post-22358116625028868112009-04-02T18:29:00.000-04:002009-04-02T18:29:00.000-04:00This is as real as the rest of Obama's fairy tale ...This is as real as the rest of Obama's fairy tale stories.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182743756361189626.post-64845684710093826162009-04-02T08:42:00.000-04:002009-04-02T08:42:00.000-04:00Had me going for a bit. My first thought was what...Had me going for a bit. My first thought was what a waste of time for a president to remember all of this trivial knowledge in the handbook.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182743756361189626.post-63047613319200487692009-04-02T01:19:00.000-04:002009-04-02T01:19:00.000-04:00Dan,good work on spreading the rumors...LeticiaDan,<BR/><BR/>good work on spreading the rumors...<BR/><BR/>LeticiaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182743756361189626.post-10532898702617750612009-04-01T23:49:00.000-04:002009-04-01T23:49:00.000-04:00this is an april fool's joke - kinda got out of ha...this is an april fool's joke - kinda got out of hand, but do squash the rumor<BR/><BR/>Dananonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12701366774590315334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182743756361189626.post-20910451310327492182009-04-01T23:30:00.000-04:002009-04-01T23:30:00.000-04:00I can't find a hard source for this. I think it wa...I can't find a hard source for this. I think it was an April Fool's joke.D.Overbeynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182743756361189626.post-48591736163333666962009-04-01T23:09:00.000-04:002009-04-01T23:09:00.000-04:00This is just a rumor, and I won't vouch for it, bu...This is just a rumor, and I won't vouch for it, but I hear it was 187.joelmckellarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15550241954337769327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182743756361189626.post-64531187070727998832009-04-01T21:09:00.000-04:002009-04-01T21:09:00.000-04:00what was his scorewhat was his scoreUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17207037707904753536noreply@blogger.com